Pageorientation - Star Micronics 8 Series Applications Manual

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You can now send your letter from your word processingprogramto the
printerandfeedinthosepages.Whenyou'redone,youmaywantto sendthe
<ESC>E commandone more time.
PAGE ORIENTATION
Youmightreasonablythinkof pageorientationas a pageformattingissue.
To printwordswidthwiseon a page,however,eachletterin effecthasto lie
on its back. So orientationis actuallya fontattribute,and is treatedas such
later on in this chapter.
Page Length
The paper tray you have installedsets the defaultpage size for your laser
printer.Whenyouwantadifferentsize,andwhenyouchangethetray,you'll
need to reset that page size. You should always change the page length
be~oreyou send text for printing. The Page Length command sets the
numberof linesthatcan printon a page (linesper inchtimesthenumberof
inches).
The Page Lengthcommandformatis:
<ESC>&/n P
wheren isthenumberof textlinesonthepage;itcanbeanynumberbetween
5 and 128.
The defaultnumberof linesis the lengthof the papertray times6 linesper
inch.For 11-inchlener-sizepaperthatworksout to 66 lines(that'salsothe
defaultwhen you haven'tput in a tray).
If you don't want the default length, you should send the Page Length
commandbejbreyousendtextforpnnting.Thetablebelowshouldhelpyou
pickthe rightnumberof lines.Decidewhichorientationandpapersizeyou
want, then usc the n underyourpreferredlines/inch:
If you have set the paper feeder from the front panel to "AUTO SELEC-
TION",a "selectpagelength"command(<ESO&tn P) willautomatically
selectthe cassettewhichcontainsthe paperselectedby the command.If no
cassettecurrentlycontainsthe right size of paper,the displaywill ask you
to insertthe appropriatesize of paper.
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